Chondrichthyes - Heterodontiformes - Heterodontidae
Full reference: J. Herman. 1977. Les sélaciens des terrains néocrétacés and paléocènes de Belgique and des contrées limitrophes. Eléments d'une biostratigraphie intercontinentale. Mémoires pour Servir a l'Explication des Cartes Géologiques et Minières de la Belgique 15:1-450
Belongs to Heterodontus according to G. Li 1997
See also Herman 1977
Sister taxa: Heterodontus boussioni, Heterodontus cainozoicus, Heterodontus canaliculatus, Heterodontus carerens, Heterodontus creamridgensis, Heterodontus duffini, Heterodontus francisci, Heterodontus granti, Heterodontus havreensis, Heterodontus laevis, Heterodontus lerichei, Heterodontus lonzeensis, Heterodontus paucicarinatus, Heterodontus pineti, Heterodontus polonicus, Heterodontus portujacksoni, Heterodontus rugosus, Heterodontus semirugosus, Heterodontus sowasheense, Heterodontus sulcatus, Heterodontus upnikensis, Heterodontus vincenti, Heterodontus wardensis, Heterodontus woodwardi, Cestracion coleridgensis, Cestracion elongatus, Cestracion novozelandicus, Cestracion cainozoicus, Cestracion longidens
Type specimen: Its type locality is Quarry southwest of cemetery, Maisières, which is in a Coniacian carbonate limestone in the Maisières Formation of Belgium
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of China (2 collections)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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